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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






2. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






3. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






4. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






5. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






6. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






7. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






8. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






9. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






10. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






11. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






12. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






13. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






14. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






15. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






16. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






17. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






18. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






19. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






20. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






21. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






22. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






23. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






24. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






25. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






26. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






27. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






28. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






29. The process of completing each project procurement






30. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






31. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






32. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






33. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






34. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






35. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






36. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






37. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






38. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






39. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






40. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






41. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






42. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






43. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






44. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






45. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






46. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






47. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






48. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






49. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






50. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy